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• MINUTES New Brighton Economic llevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - lleeember 4, 2007 7:00 a.m. Members/Liaisons Present: Bob Benke, Gene Delaune, Linda Harmon, John Kaufhold, Steve Larson, Cynthia Lesher, Mark Nelson, Bruce Nustad, and Gary Stang. Members/Liaisons Absent: Dennis Flahave, Annie Hoffman, and Jim Sculthorp. Staff Present: Dean Lotter, Grant Fernelius, David Black, and .fennifer Lavandowska. Other Present: Jim Witkowski. (:all to Order Mark Nelson called the meeting to order at 7:05 a.m. Approval of Minutes "l'he minutes of the November 8, 2007 meeting were presented for approval. All approved. Northwest Quadrant Report West Side Delaune asked for an update on the Rottlund lawsuit. Lotter replied that the suit is still ongoing; however the City had recently been approached by Rottlund regarding a settlement. Delaune asked whether the land would be tied up by the lawsuit. Lotter replied that since the City owns the land, the title is clear and should not be tied up in the courts. Black reported that the excavation work was awarded to Belair Excavating, whose bid was a little over half of the estimated cost. Staff believes that the work would begin within the week. Black added that the Northwest Quadrant Parks and Trails Steering Committee met for the second time last week to review plans by Bonestroo for the parks within the Northwest Quadrant. There will be another meeting, open to the public, on "Thursday, January 3`d at 6:30 pm, for review of the proposed plans. "fhere have been several suggestions for active uses on the northern ten acres on the west side, including a dog park and a soccer field. Ramsey County Parks has not been receptive to vehicular access fi-om Long Lalce Regional Park to the Northwest Quadrant, but they are supporting a dog park. Kaulhold asked whether there was enough room for a soccer field. Black replied that there was enough room for one large or two small fields; the steering committee favors one large field. Nelson asked how the park would be funded. Black replied that a park dedication fee will be collected for park improvements and construction. When residential and commercial development is added to the Northwest Quadrant a portion of the park dedication fee would go directly toward the NWQ parks development. • Delaune induired whether the financial modeling, discussed last month, had been completed. Larson replied that Council would not receive the report until the new Council member starts in January. Lotter added that staff is ew-rently working on different financial models all containing numerous scenarios. Page 1 of 3